Notes on the Web-based Traffic Count Management System

City of Virginia Beach

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If you know the exact site ID. Press “Search” after ID entered. Otherwise leave blank.

Click until markers show up (2-3 clicks)

Begin to type road. A drop down screen will appear and select the road. Then press “Search” button.

MUST always click “Search” after entering “ID” or “Located On” fields.

More search fields.

Click to auto locate site on map. Map will match shown record on the left of the screen.

TCDS Data Page (Helpful Tips)

City of Virginia Beach

View Graphs of ADT/AADT and Volume Trends

Click on these to view individual daily counts (15 min or 60 min intervals)

This is record 1 of 3 records to scroll through

Click on to Auto Locate on Map

Defaults to 2-Way (combined). Click on NB or SB to see directional counts

This is what the “Daily Interval” page looks like. Note the start and end time for the 60 min interval study (does not start and end on the same date). This results in data being “looped” on to the next day.

Note on the 60-min intervals above.

Short term counts (coverage counts) are typically done over a minimum of 48 hours. As is the case with the above example, the setup was on Tuesday morning and picked up on Thursday afternoon. That’s over the course of THREE days. This report compresses the data into TWO 24 hour periods.

Compare this to the Weekly Report on the next page (which shows the data as one is accustomed to seeing it).

Indicates selected count (blue). Shows most recent ADT (combined direction). Move mouse cursor over the pin, the location ID appears. Click on pin and more information will appear.

Shows where other count locations are (red).

Click on “Weekly Report” to see actual study.

Note “Start Date” and “End Date” as well as “Start Time” and “End Time”

Note the actual sequence of the two circled numbers and compare to previous page. This is the format that shows the actual study as it is generally viewed over a 3 day period.

Shows legend of all symbols used on map.

Click to activate street view (Google maps). Once blue border appears around streets, click on street in vicinity of site to see the “street view” picture.

Picture of map after moving mouse cursor over red marker and clicking to bring up box showing most recent traffic count data (Marker turns blue).

Click on red marker and box will appear showing most recent volume data. Marker will turn blue.

Click “View All” and record on left will appear to show available data for the site.

Permanent traffic data collection site (see legend).

Legend of symbols

Additional Traffic Data Collection Site

Select EB or WB to see directional data.

“Home” to return to search screen